Etymograph

English

obtenebration

Obtenebration comes from Latin obtenebrō ‘to make dark’, from tenebrae ‘darkness, especially the darkness of night’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temH- ‘to be dark’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temH-‘to be dark’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*témHos‘darkness’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*temH-(e)s-ro-reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*temazros‘dark’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtenebrae‘darkness, especially the darkness of night’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobtenebrōas obtenebrate‘to make dark’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1627obtenebration

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temH-‘to be dark’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*témHos‘darkness’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*temH-(e)s-ro-reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*temazros‘dark’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtenebrae‘darkness, especially the darkness of night’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobtenebrōas obtenebrate‘to make dark’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1627obtenebration

Earliest quotation: 1627, (please specify the page, or |century=I to X): “In every megrim or vertigo, there is an obtenebration…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *temH- ‘to be dark’

timid, 19 more

through Proto-Indo-European *témHos ‘darkness’

temerity, tamas, 9 more

Today it means

noun The act of darkening, or darkness.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *temH- / obtenebration

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